PENTATEUCH AND HAPHTAROTH). Sepher Ezrath Hasopher, Chamishah Chumashei Torah, Tikun Sophrim Vavei Ha’amudim

AUCTION 4 |
Tuesday, March 03rd,
1998 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners
Lot 132
(BIBLE, Hebrew.
PENTATEUCH AND HAPHTAROTH). Sepher Ezrath Hasopher, Chamishah Chumashei Torah, Tikun Sophrim Vavei Ha’amudim
Amsterdam: I. Mondovy for G.J. Janson 1767-69
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $2,100
Prepared as a model for Scribes writing a Torah Scroll. The text is arranged to conform with Halachic Law relating to Scribal arts. Each pair of facing pages represents one column of the Torah - traditionally 42 lines starting with the letter “Vav.” The “Shira” and “Hazinu” portions are printed on wider leaves and folded, to follow the wider columns necessary in the written Torah